Curtain holdback



I July 2, 1929. n y NEWMAN 1,719,380

CURTAIN HOLDBACK Filed July 9, 1926 Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES IRWIN E. NEWMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN HOLIDBACIL.

Application filed July 9,

The present invention relates to improve ments .in holdback devices for window curtains, drapes and the like, and in particular to a holdback which can readily be displaced to an out-of-the-way position when not in use.

One object of this invention is to provide a suitable device capable of supporting and maintaining the drapes or curtains, which normally hang straight in front of the window, to the side of the window to preserve them from the elements of the weather and from the dust and dirt circulating in and out through the window.

Another object of the invention is to provide a suitable device capable of holding the curtains in an out-of-the-way position when the windows are being cleaned or the window frames being repaired, and of maintaining the lower ends of the curtains in an out-ofthe-reach position as regards little children.

A further purpose of this invention is to provide a suitable and simple means by which. the holdback may be fastened securely to a side of the window frame, and one capable of movement so as to be practically out of sight when not in use.

A further object is to provide a simple and sturdy construction which practically eliminates the danger of injuring the curtains, whether thedevice be in or out of use, and when the curtain is moved to oraway from the device as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which F ig. 1 represents a window equipped with a pair of holdbacks, one being in use, and one being displaced and out of use.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the device shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a front elevation of the device inv upturned position.

The device comprises a mounting part and a holding arm secured together in a pivotal relation. Any form of mounting member may be used, preferably one presenting a flat vertical strip in spaced relation to the side face 10 of the window casement 11. In the present instance I provide a plate 12 which has its ends 13 and 14 offset from the plane of the body portion 15 in order to leave a space 16. On the outer side of the offset body por 1926. Serial N0. 121,381.

tion is located a holding arm in the form of a strip 17 having all-upwardly curved end 18 which acts as a retainer for the curtain C when the device is in use. The arm is pivoted at 19 to the strip by a suitable rivet structure, the inner head of which lies in the space 16.

Stop means are provided to limit the pivotal motion of the holding arm, these being cooperating parts on the mounting plate 12 and the arm 17. In the present instance the plate is recessed and the arm carries a part abutting the walls of the recess. The projection on the arm is in the form of a lug or pin 20 which moves in the recess 21 provided as an arcuate slot in the plate. The slot is provided to give the end. of the pin access to the space 16 wherein the pin is provided with retaining means engaging the inner side of the strip or plate 112. The pin L0 is made as a rivet and the inner head 22 provides the retaining means. The pivot rivet 19 and the headed stop pin 20 thus each provide two points of engagement of the holding arm with the mounting plate and this results in a rigid pivotal relation. The slot 21 is concentric with the rivet 19 and is substantially ninety degrees in extent. It is so arranged that one end 23 stops the arm in asubstantially horizontal position while the other end 2st limits the swinging movement upwardly at a substantially vertical position, slightly beyond the true vertical so as to hold it in rip-turned position.

I claim:

A curtain hold-back comprising in combination a mounting plate adapted to be mounted facially having an offset intermediate portion providing aspace on the mounted side, an arm pivotally mounted on the outer side of said plate at the off-set portion, a pivot rivet, said plate having an arcuate slot therein located in the off-set portion and centered about the pivot and subs .antially 90 in extent, and a rivet carried by the arm having its shank rid ing in said slot and its heads clampin g said plate and said arm tightly together, said two rivets being alined along the length of the arm.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. this 7th day of July, 1926.

IRWIN E. NEWMAN. 

